Interests and hobbies

Community involvement

Hospice Board of Directors, United Way Budget Allocations Committee, Greenwood Arts
Council (Executive Board), Volunteer in Greenwood County Public Schools, Greenwood
Stop-the-Violence Committee, Greenwood Centennial Committee, Director of Greenwood
Area Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gospel Choir, President of the USC Black Faculty
and Staff Association. President-Elect of the South Carolina Professional Association
of Access and Equity.

Courses taught

Co-taught African American Literature, Lander University, fall, 1995.

Taught leadership course component of the Lander’s President Leadership Program (LPLP),
Lander University.

Instructor, Freshman Symposium, Lander University, 1996-2000.

Instructor of internationally known and award winning University 101 Program, University
of South Carolina, 2001, 2002, 2003..

Course development

Developed and taught special topics course, Minority Group Relations, Department of
African American Studies, University of South Carolina, spring, 2002.

Developed and taught course, Power, Privilege & Social Class, Department of African
American Studies, University of South Carolina, spring, 2003.

Co-developed with Dr. Joshua Gold (Department of Counseling Education) special topics
course, Problems in Counseling & Personnel Work, a course component of the Minority
Peer Mentors, University of South Carolina, fall, 2002. Was reviewed and received
course approval.

Founder, director and instructor of the “for-credit” Gospel Choir Ensemble course
in the USC School of Music. Class size increased to 65 students with diverse backgrounds.

3rd Article, under review, summer 2011, The Mediating Effect of Denomination and Congregation Support on the Physical and
Emotional Health Status of Clergy, Journal of Religion and Health.

Honors

Received the G. Jordan Ray Award for “acts of reconciliation and justice in the lives
of men and women.” among the graduating class of 1991 at the Candler School of Theology.

Won the Converse College Vocal Performance Competition and was offered an assistantship
as a result of the performance, spring 1997.

African-American Male Image Award. Recognized by Columbia graduate chapter of Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated for community service and personal contributions
to the betterment of society, February, 2010.